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Authorised form of nameSmith; Edward (1665 - 1720); clergyman
Other forms of surnameSmyth
Dates1665 - 1720
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLisburn, Antrim, Ireland, Europe
Date of birth1665
Place of deathBath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date of death4 November 1720
Research fieldNatural history
ActivityEducation:
Pupil of Thomas Haslam; Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1681; MA 1684; LLB 1687; BD 1694; DD 1696)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1684); fled to England (1689); Chaplain to the Smyrna Company's Factory at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey; having amassed a considerable fortune, returned to England (1693); Chaplain to William III; Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin (1696); Vice-Chancellor of Dublin University (1697); Bishop of Down and Connor (1699-death); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1699)
Memberships:
Dublin Philosophical Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election29/04/1696
Other Royal Society activitySubmitted multiple papers to the Society regarding his travels in modern-day Turkey;
Correspondent on the Dublin Philosophical Society business
RelationshipsParents: James Smyth and Francisca Dowdall
Married: 1) Elizabeth Smyth, his cousin; 2) Mary Skeffington
Children: Elizabeth Stopford (née Smith); Skeffington Randal Smith; James Smith
Additional relatives: James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown
OtherInfoDuring the ascension of James II and the resulting conflict in Ireland during which Trinity College became a garrison, Smith and other fellows fled to England. Smith was left money by the Dublin Philosophical Society's founder William Molyneux (FRS 1686), along with John Locke (FRS 1668) and St George Ashe (FRS 1686). Despite being appointed lecturer in mathematics at Trinity, his writings were mostly concerned with natural history and Turkish culture.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Burtchaell; DIB
Notes:
DIB has 16 October 1720 as date of death.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/32774021
CodeNA1404
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
CLP/19/92Paper, answer to some queries proposed by William Molyneux concerning Lough Neagh by Edward Smith, Fellow of Trinity College Dublin[1685]
CLP/9i/48Paper, 'An account of a strange kind of earth taken up near Smyrna of which is made sope together with the way of making it' by an unknown author[1696]
CLP/11i/40Paper, 'Of the use of opium among the Turks' by Edward Smyth [Smith][1696]
CLP/12i/30aPaper, 'A relation of an extraordinary effect of the power of imagination' by Mr St George Ash [Ashe][1686]
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